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W. R. JOHNS.

GAR FENDER.

No. 584,687, Patented June 15, 1897.

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STATES WILL R. JOHNS, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,687, dated June 15,1897.

Application filed September 3, 1896.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILL R. JOHNS, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOar-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to prevent the car running over personsfalling between the rails; and it consists of a frame supporting aseries of hooks which are so located as to engage the clothing of aperson falling in front of a moving car, thereby carrying the personwith the car in advance of the front wheels; and it further consists ofa canvas held supported in such'a manner as to be liberated by amovement of the frame and to receive the body of the person held by thehooks of the frame in order to prevent further injury to the person.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portionof a car, showing the fender and body-protector in their normalposition. Fig. 2 is an under face view. Fig. 3 is a side elevationshowing the is a skeleton representation of the framework of the fender,showing the body portion in its elevated position. Fig. 5 is alengthwise central section through the receptacle. Fig. 6 is an enlargedsection representation of one end of the body-protector receptacle.

The car-platform 1 is supported upon wheels 2 in the usual manner, andto the under face of the platform is secured a bail composed of atransverse portion 3, ends 4:, and inwardlyprojecting portions 5. Thisbail is held in place by boxes 6, encircling the portions 5, which arecapable of holding the bail with more or less friction.

To the under face of the steps 7 is secured a frame consisting of a rod8, from which depends a loop having ends 9 and lengthwise rod 10, andfrom the rod 8 extends two arms 11, having their ends formed with adepression. This frame is held in position by boxes 12, which encirclethe ends of the rod 8 and are capable of being adjusted to hold theframe by friction. This frame and the yoke are connected by bars 13,located near the ends of the rods 3 and 10. These two rods are alsoconnected by a series of chains 14., 1

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held separated asuitable distance. Each link of the chains has a hookedprojection 15 depending therefrom, and through the link of the chainsare passed wire ropes 16, extending parallel with the rods 3 and 10. Therods 8 and 10 of the frame are connected with chains 17, the links ofthe lower row having hooked projections 18. This movable fender islocated in front of the wheels of a streetcar, the rear end beingnearest the track, as shown at Fig. 1, in which position itis held byfriction.

Should a person be thrown in front of a moving car, the clothes of aperson would engage some of the hooks depending from the chains and theresistance of the person upon the ground will cause the fender to moveupon its pivotal connection with the under face of the car, therebydepressing its rear end and elevating its forward end, and should theperson become disengaged from the first hooks the subsequent hooks willengage the clothing and prevent injury to the person by holding it inadvance of the wheels of the car until the car can be stopped, when theperson is disengaged from the hooks and the fender returned to itsformer position.

The rod 8 of the frame supports a recep tacle 19, movable therewith. Thebottom of the receptacle is in V form, having one side 20 and. one-halfof the bottom 21 movable upon a hinge connection with the upper end ofthe receptacle. To the movable portion are secured springs 22, whichengage the stationary portion of the bottom, thereby holding the bottomclosed. Near each spring is formed an opening 23. (Shown in Fig. (3.)Within this receptacle is folded a canvas 2%, held in place by eyes andsnaps 25, the former secured to the inner face of the receptacle and thelatter to one edge of the canvas. To the other edge of the canvas, atits corners, are secured chains 26, to theends of which are securedweights 27. Between the ends of these chains are secured balls 28 of asize to pass through the openings in the bottom of the receptacle, thecanvas being folded within the receptacle and the chains extendingthrough the opening 23 in the bottom of the receptacle, the balls 28resting upon the springs 22. The weights 27 are supported by the arms11.

When the fender has been moved rearward by a person falling before amoving car, the weights 27 will be dropped by reason of the arms 11being tipped by the movement of the fender. These Weights in droppingwill cause the balls 28 to press down upon the springs 22, Which willrelease them from their engagement with the stationary portion of thebottom and allow the movable portion of the bottom and side of thereceptacle to swing into a horizontal position, allowing the canvas todrop. The weights resting upon the ground will draw the canvas under thebody of the person held by the hooks of the fender until the canvas istaut, when a further movement of the car Will move the canvas and fenderin unison and support the person upon the canvas,thereby preventingfurther injury to the person.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a car and a fendersupported thereby, the fender supporting a supported thereby consistingof a framework composed of a series of chains having depending hookprojections and wire ropes extending transversely of the chains.

4. The combination of a car, a fender supported thereby consisting oftwo frames pivotally connected to the car and a webbing of .flexiblematerial connecting the frames and supporting depending hooks.

ILL R. JOHNS.

Vitnesses:

A. 0. BEHEL, E. BEHEL.

